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Just curious as to what your opinions are. I suppose it's not really possible to generalize on this sort of thing.
The reason I ask is that we are about to make a huge move from a very unsegregated area to a very segregated one. (From southeast florida to western new york.) There is still a lot of diversity... it's a good sized city and we'll be close to all that it has to offer, but I read that it's one of the most segregated areas, and having lived there before I'm sure it's true. I'm not sure what that means or what it means for me and my 3 aa toddlers.
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I am sure that it is impossible to generalize and it would be best to get information from the people who live in the area. Certain parts of western NY differ considerably from others.
I can tell you having moved out of a segregated area to a more diverse area, that in our situation we have seen more racism in the area where we lived previously. The areas are only 30 minutes apart, but worlds apart in other respects. You often find more interracial couples in more diverse areas, which allows our families to not stand out as much as we do in areas where all the families appear similar.
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I prefer more diverse neighborhoods. I don't know anything about Western New York, but I have moved into a very diverse community, that is sadly a bit segregated and we are starting to have a few more race issues than I have seen previously. Each group sort of stays to their own and there is less inter racial marriages, adoptive families and alternative lifestyles, but luckily we are really close to a very diverse area which we often frequent.
So you have to figure how close you are to places that have a more mixed population. Otherwise, you may face what I have been facing which is the "we have always done it this way" mentality that doesn't always allow for people who don't fit the mold.